C25 · Open · a plan for White
Vienna Game: Hamppe-Meitner Variation
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1.e4e52.Nc3Bc53.Na4
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
Vienna Game: Hamppe-Meitner Variation13k games · Black to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
28%3.8k49%
22%2.9k50%
19%2.5k63%
6.2%82749%
6.1%81348%
5.5%73950%
5.5%73048%
4.6%61551%
1.3%17243%
0.7%9449%
Famous games in this line12 master games
Stupak, K. (2570) – Bortnyk, Olexandr (2585)Banikas, Hristos (2572) – Nikolaidis, Ioannis (2529)Banikas, Hristos (2572) – Nikolaidis, Ioannis (2516)Bortnik, Alexandr (2418) – Bernadskiy, Vitaliy (2500)Lazov, Toni (2412) – Nikolovski, Nikola (2438)Citak, Selim (2221) – Atalik, Suat (2618)Caprio, G. (2415) – Altini, N. (2412)Zentai, P2. (2248) – Galyas, M. (2467)- Family
- Vienna Game
- Category
- Open
- First move
- 1.e4
- ECO
- C25
- Line
- 1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Bc5 3. Na4
Classical
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Vienna's coffee-house masters of the 19th century loved 2.Nc3: it keeps every King's Gambit dream alive while dodging Black's best-prepared replies. The Vienna Gambit lines (3.f4) still score brutally in club chess — same fire, one move of patience.
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